retainage

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noun

An amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.

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Meanings

nounretainage (countable and uncountable, plural retainages)

plural retainages

  1. countableuncountableAn amount of money held back from a payment as insurance against the work not being completed.

Origin

From retain + -age.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Reaganite
Cite this entry
APA

retainage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retainage

MLA

“retainage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retainage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retainage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retainage.

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